Galilean Sires First Winner as Froutien Captures Maiden Special Weight at Aqueduct
Heavily favored Froutien became the first winner for freshman sire Galilean on Saturday, capturing a $80,000 New York-bred maiden special weight at Aqueduct by 1 3/4 lengths.
The 2-year-old colt, sent off at 1-4 odds, improved from his third-place debut at Saratoga last month to give his sire his milestone first victory. Froutien completed the seven-furlong contest in 1:24.84 over a fast track.
Kendrick Carmouche, taking over riding duties from John Velazquez who was at Woodbine for three Grade I assignments, guided the $700,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic purchase to a front-running victory. The colt established a narrow advantage through an opening quarter-mile in :22.84 and maintained his lead throughout, holding off a late challenge from debuting Royal Riddle in the stretch.
Trained by Todd Pletcher for Tagermeen Racing, Froutien was originally purchased for $95,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale before being led out unsold on a $160,000 bid at OBS in March. The May 7 foal later breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5 over Timonium’s sloppy track before commanding $700,000 from Mahmoud Mouni on behalf of the Libyan-based Tagermeen Racing.
The winner is out of It’s Timeless, a daughter of multiple stakes-placed What Time It Is, who also produced two-time stakes winner Never Enough Time. The dam delivered a Cyberknife colt this year and was bred back to Solomini.
Galilean, who stands for $3,500 at Questroyal North in New York, was himself a $600,000 two-year-old purchase who won six of 16 starts in stakes company for trainer John Sadler.
Breeders Andy and the late Susan Beadnell also bred New York-bred Haveyougoneaway, winner of the 2016 Grade I Ballerina Stakes.
Froutien now has a lifetime record of 2-1-0-1 with earnings of $54,800.
Freshman #NYsire Galilean gets his milestone first winner! Andy and the late Susan Beadnell bred Froutien, who was born at their Bead Land & Cattle Co. @KendrickCarmou1 aboard the #NYbred 2yo for Tagermeen and @PletcherRacing. Galilean stands at @QuestroyalNorth. pic.twitter.com/K4SN0A3u87
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Freshman #NYsire Galilean gets his milestone first winner! Andy and the late Susan Beadnell bred Froutien, who was born at their Bead Land & Cattle Co. September 13, 2025
